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A means or system of conveying or moving; An act of conveying or moving; A point or place for moving from one thing to another; Adj: Involving moved payments; To convey or move.

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: A means or system of conveying or moving; An act of conveying or moving; A point or place for moving from one thing to another; Adj: Involving moved payments; To convey or move. Used as a verb, listen here, it means: To convey or remove from one place or person, to another.

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Usage examples (41)
  • She's a transfer from another school.
  • transfer the data
  • The best student was a transfer from LSU
  • The transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise
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  • ''transfer" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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